The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend when we found out which teams will be in the Super Bowl and which conference is better in basketball. There was so much going on this weekend, I’m not sure where to start. Maybe we should go with the event in …

Florida did not exactly get it done in its last two games, sinking back below the Don DeVoe line to an under .500 record in league play. The two losses at Ole Miss and Tennessee came in different ways. For example, against Ole Miss the Gators couldn’t shoot at all. …

Florida heads into a stretch of three games in five days that was forced by the postponement of the Ole Miss game back in December. The Gators do so with some momentum, winning their last two conference games including a come-from-behind victory over Mississippi State. That puts the Gators record …

The Back Nine comes at you after a great weekend for sports and some of that included me on the golf course which was terrific except for the golf part. It’s been a while since the Gator Nation has been able to be happy about much, but this weekend was …

Florida 9-6, 0-3 in SEC) is not in a good place right now after playing three straight ranked teams and hardly getting the result the Gators hoped for. UF has now lost three straight and six of nine games heading into the softer part of the schedule. Of course, when …

The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend with a lot of college basketball and NFL. Hug your parents and comedian friends today. 10. Another week, another big commitment and more quality coaches coming to town. Getting Trevor Etienne was another step in the process for Billy Napier and …

It doesn’t get any easier after Florida opened its SEC schedule a week late with a home loss to Alabama. That’s part of the problem for a team with only one Quad One win (Ohio State) so far this season – the league is loaded with good teams but is …

The Back Nine comes at you after a wonderful New Year’s evening in downtown Gainesville and a sedentary New Year’s Day watching college football. The biggest story of the weekend was not the CFP playoff games (boring) or the Saturday games (thrilling) as much as it was the debate about …

My halls have been decked and the cookies consumed. It was indeed a wonderful Christmas with my family over in St. Augustine. I hope yours was just as great. 10. So, we started the trip by getting to our rental home (the kids call it an Airbnb) just in time …

  Pat Dooley grades the Gators after their 29-17 loss to UCF in the Gasparillla Bowl.   OFFENSE F First half: Florida had the chance to put off a big half, but something went wrong too many times. Sometimes it was Emory Jones missing a wide open receiver or receivers …